Faust is a 1652 ink by Rembrandt, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a lone man kneeling in a dim room, his back to us. He wears a loose robe and a turban, his head bowed as if deep in thought. Behind him, a window lets in faint light, revealing a starry sky and a Latin phrase—*Algasparis turba*—scattered across the glass like falling snow. The rough, textured paper and layered lines suggest this wasn’t painted but etched by hand. The artist used sharp tools to scratch into the metal plate, creating both dark shadows and delicate details. Next, look up etching to see how artists like Rembrandt made prints this way.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), known mononymously as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman.
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